September 2010 Overview Where there had been blips of increased activity and asking price during the 2nd quarter of 2010, those have been replaced by measurable decreases in price, as well as a steady increase in inventory. Nationally, week-over-week drops in price are gathering speed, making it clear that the small gains seen earlier in…

Three attributes seemingly shared by all world class cities are outstanding public parks, transportation and neighborhood connectivity. In building Woodall Rodgers Park, Dallas improves all three. In September, Dallas broke ground on a park over Woodall Rodgers Freeway between Pearl and St. Paul streets. The park creates tremendous connectivity between Downtown Dallas and Uptown –…

Even before the massive costs of nationalized health care are added to the federal budget, the crushing deficits of Obama and the Democrats have credit rating agencies facing downgrades to America’s AAA credit rating. The gold-plated credit rating of the United States may be at risk as the nation copes with growing debt. Moody’s states…

While the sale of existing US homes fell at the sharpest rate on record in December, when compared to the prior month, sales for the entire year increased almost five percent from 2008 levels. Despite the increase in 2009 sales, prices dropped by 12.4% from 2008 in what is probably the sharpest annual decline since…

While the nationwide housing market is certainly important, especially as it significantly effects the overall economy, of substantially greater import are conditions of the local housing market; which we track closely. An increasing number of reports from around the country, and from Western Europe, are beginning to filter in which suggest that the worst of…